Post by danl on Apr 22, 2019 1:11:30 GMT
I think there must be at least a little of something else that directs some of their movements or actions. When we have the wights that kill Sam and Gilly's horse, they rip it to shreds. That seems to be done only to give Sam and Gilly the inability to escape easier, so I think something has to direct them in this action. Or maybe they do just seek out the warmth of life and the smell of blood?
There does seem to be some direction, but it might be really minimal, a little nudge but otherwise rely on whatever their compulsions are going to be, or it might be a great deal. We just have so little information.
And what part does Craster possibly play in all of this?
Craster somehow must be central; but in what capacity, I can't guess. I've seen a lot of theories and most of them seemed pretty good, but all require a great deal of tinfoil support
It just seems interesting to me that the wights are marching the same direction as the wildlings, as if they have the same goal. However, it's possible that the wildlings are fleeing from the wights, who are fleeing from something far worse in the the Lands of Always Winter. Whatever Bran saw in his fever dream vision, it terrified him.
I'm not sure if what Bran saw terrified him because it was horrifying in some way, or because it was powerful, or because it was so foreign to him.
BTW, I love the "snowpocolypse" concept!
I wish I was clever enough to have come up with it. But I am clever enough to remember clever things and steal them shamelessly
Ned seems to tell us about the last day of jousting, or what I assume is the last day of jousting if Rhaegar won the tourney and could pick the Queen of Love and Beauty. So, we are missing the specific's of several days. Where there some days of rest in the joust? There could have been rest days if there were only five joust days in a total of 10 tourney days. But that might not work if only seven days were allotted for competition. Yes there was archery, axe throwing, a horse race and a singing competition, too. I am just trying to figure out of the final day of jousting was the last day or second to last day of the tourney, or if it's possible that the melee came after all the jousting was done.
In practical terms, musical contests would probably be early because the winning musicians then have considerable patronage the remaining evenings of the tourney. The most anticipated events would be toward the end, the final round of jousting would be one of the final days of the tourney, with it ending with a feast, maybe on the same day as either that final round or as the melee.
The melee, btw, doesn't make sense to me as an event that a king or lord would encourage. Too much risk of seriously injuring or killing some of your most valued warriors. I would think KG knights would be forbidden to participate in such events. Jousting is hazardous, but rarely deadly. The melee seems to be deadly combat